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From smart factories to autonomous enterprises: Manufacturing’s next great transformation

For years, Industry 4.0 was defined by experimentation. Manufacturers invested in sensors, connected machines, analytics platforms, and pilot projects that promised to revolutionise production. Yet, despite billions of dollars in investments, many initiatives remained confined to individual production lines or isolated plants, struggling to deliver enterprise-wide impact.

That phase is now ending.

A new era of manufacturing is emerging—one where factories are becoming intelligent, adaptive, and increasingly autonomous. The conversation is no longer about whether manufacturers should adopt digital technologies. Instead, it is about how quickly they can transform themselves into data-driven enterprises capable of making real-time decisions, predicting disruptions, and continuously optimising operations.

The next phase of Manufacturing 4.0 will be defined not by automation alone, but by intelligence.

Beyond Pilots, Towards Transformation

The divide between manufacturing leaders and laggards is becoming increasingly evident. Successful organisations have moved beyond technology experimentation and anchored their digital initiatives around measurable business...

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AI Inference boom will trigger a 500% data center supply deficit by 2030

Iron Mountain, in partnership with Structure Research has issued their top 4 predictions for the impact of AI on Global Data Infrastructure. The predictions look at what shifts companies can expect to see in the market over the next five years. In the three years since ChatGPT launched, generative and

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Databricks unifies OLTP and OLAP, depending on what counts as a copy

When Databricks claimed to have cracked an age-old database problem, it came with a clear marketing message: "One data, zero compromises, zero copies." Inevitably, that led engineers to search for clarity. After all, the company claimed to have unified OLTP and OLAP with "no data duplication."

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Alibaba to ban Claude Code over alleged backdoor risk, source says

The workplace ban, starting July 10, lands weeks after Anthropic accused operators linked to Alibaba’s Qwen lab of running the largest known distillation campaign against Claude. Alibaba will bar its employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Code inside workplace environments from July 10, according to a person familiar with

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How AI-Driven LMS Platforms Solve Workforce Training Challenges in Automotive Retail

Almost every industry is now functioning with the integration of digital technology. Even the automotive retail industry is now integrating connected car technologies, electric vehicles, and the changing expectations of consumers. It has given rise to the need to continuously train the employees across all departments. It has become an

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How AI-Driven LMS Platforms Solve Workforce Training Challenges in Automotive Retail